How Your CB Can Serve You
How Your CB Can Serve You
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Note
If you wish to receive a list-
ing of NOAA Weather Radio
Transmitter locations, contact
your nearest National Weather
Service Office,
or write to:
National Weather Service
(Attn: W/OM11), NOAA
Silver Spring, MD 20910
For a list of weather frequen-
cies see specifications in the
Frequency Ranges section on
page 32.
Weather Channel Messages
Local weather reports are provided by NOAA
(National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration)
24 hours a day, 7 days a week. An agency of the
U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA operates
380 stations which reach about 90% of the U. S.
population. If you cannot receive a weather
station, you may not have one in your area.
A similar network of 15 stations broadcasts
continuous weather information across much
of southern Canada.
• Warn of traffic problems
• Provide weather and road data
• Provide help in event of an emergency
• Provide direct contact with home or office
• Assist police by reporting erratic drivers
• Get “local information” to find destination
• Communicate with family and friends
• Suggest spots to eat and sleep
• Keep you alert while traveling
A Few Rules You Should Know
A. Conversations cannot last more than 5 minutes
with another station. A one minute break is
required to let others use the channel.
B. You cannot blast others off the air by use of
illegally amplified transmitters or illegally
high antennas.
C. You cannot use CB to promote illegal
activities.
D. Profanity is not allowed.
E. You may not transmit music with a CB.
F. Selling of merchandise and/or services is
prohibited.
Weather Channel
Messages
A Few Rules
You Should
Know
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